Vertical farming can produce food in a climate-resilient manner, potentially emitting zero
pesticides and fertilizers, and with lower land and water use than conventional agriculture …

Vegetables are increasingly recognized as essential for food and nutrition security.
Vegetable production provides a promising economic opportunity for reducing rural poverty …

Purpose Agriculture and cultivation firms are facing severe competition in the saturated
market. Due to the characteristics of heavy assets, low investment return, long cycle and …

The private sector is playing an important role in developing technologies to raise
productivity in agriculture. This paper presents new estimates of private agricultural and food …

Abstract/Description The first Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development
(GCARD) in 2010 catalyzed a plan to transform agricultural research and development …

Over the past several decades, the private sector has assumed a larger role in developing
improved technology for food and agriculture. Private companies fund nearly all food …

Agricultural research and extension are two main policy tools that governments can use to
generate agricultural growth and transformation. China has made major investments in …

The genetic improvement of food staple crops cultivated by small-scale farmers is a well-
established route to increasing agricultural productivity and improving rural livelihoods. But …

The private sector has assumed a larger role in developing improved technology for food
and agriculture, with private agricultural R&D spending growing faster than public …

The world is entering a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, where humans are
believed to be responsible for having as much of an impact on the earth's system as …